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In a new series, Drapers speaks to fashion suppliers about their predictions on the challenges and opportunities in the year ahead and how they are adapting to retailers' increasing demand for sustainability, flexible production and cheaper prices.

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Manchester's SNOODY brings the latest in antimicrobial textiles to the humble hoody.

The Contemporary Australian Architects Speaker Series will present its 27th edition next month, with a range of the country’s best and brightest speaking on wellbeing and the climate crisis.

The coat was from Brave Soul, a core brand of UK based Whispering Smith which outsources to China for cheap labour.

Neil Tague Wholesale clothing supplier Whispering Smith has completed the purchase of 274 Deansgate, enabling its relocation from Great Ducie Street. Colliers represented the white label clothing business on its acquisition of the five-storey, 23,688 sq ft office building. WT Gunson acted for the vendor, a private client Whispering Smith supplies retail and e-commence brands including Asos.com and Zalando. The company has showrooms in London, New York, Düsseldorf and Madrid. The third-genera...

Close Greenville resident Larry Winters has accumulated an assortment of material about Hunt County’s heroic World War II soldier and movie star. Audie Murphy. Courtesy photo In a ‘Days’ over Murphy memorabilia collection By Alice Reese Herald-Banner Contributor May 17, 2021 1 hr ago Greenville resident Larry Winters has accumulated an assortment of material about Hunt County’s heroic World War II soldier and movie star. Audie Murphy. ...

Sheppeys Oasis Academy boss Steve Chalke says decision not to vaccinate teachers is a mistake  |  Updated: 16:21, 26 February 2021 Steve Chalke, the boss of the Oasis Academy which has schools in Medway and on the Isle of Sheppey, has hit out at the Governments decision not to vaccinate teachers. He called the plan a "mistake" and accused advisors of "experimenting" with the health of school staff. The Rev Steve Chalke at the Oasis Isle of Sheppey Academy, Minster In a Tweet he complained tha...

Urban Outfitters, Inc has named former Tillys chief merchandising officer Tricia Smith as global CEO of Anthropologie amid the news its total retail comparable net sales during the first quarter so far have increased by high single-digits on last year.  Asics, River Island, and Barbour are among the brands donating materials, including deadstock and unwanted fabric, to UK colleges as part of a new initiative launched by the British Fashion Council (BFC) to su...

Question marks over true cost of Brexit A deal has finally been done, but the UK fashion industry is still awaiting vital answers on how it will trade in the post-Brexit era. Four and a half years after a slim majority of Britons voted to take the UK out of the European Union, the historic Brexit trade deal was finally agreed on Christmas Eve, just days before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020. The UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA), running to 1,200 pages, is unpre...